Yankees’ pressing offseason questions go far beyond Juan Soto

If it were merely the million dollar question, Hal Steinbrenner would be thrilled. 

The $500 million dollar question? $600 million? $700 million? What is Steve Cohen’s net worth again? 

The Yankees have plenty of questions to answer this offseason, but the biggest will be the biggest in the sport. In the aftermath of World Series heartbreak in the deciding Game 5 on Wednesday, Juan Soto — maybe the best pure hitter in the game and 26 years old — declared himself open to all bidders. 

The Yankees, who mortgaged significant parts of their future to retain his rights for one season, will do everything they can to keep Soto in The Bronx for the rest of his career.

But Soto, on a clear Hall-of-Fame trajectory who will reach the open market at an uncommonly young age and who has proven himself in this market and in October, is a Scott Boras client who sounds as if he will go to the highest bidder. 

Will Steinbrenner simply top every other offer? The Mets and Cohen’s wide-open wallet loom. The Blue Jays are a wild card, the Dodgers are involved with every megastar and really every team in baseball should attempt to land a slugger and showman.